package utils;

public class LevenshteinDistance
{
	private static int minimum(int a, int b, int c)
	{
		return Math.min(Math.min(a, b), c);
	}

	public static int computeLevenshteinDistance(CharSequence str1, CharSequence str2)
	{
		int[][] distance = new int[str1.length() + 1][str2.length() + 1];

		for (int i = 0; i <= str1.length(); i++)
			distance[i][0] = i;
		for (int j = 0; j <= str2.length(); j++)
			distance[0][j] = j;

		for (int i = 1; i <= str1.length(); i++)
			for (int j = 1; j <= str2.length(); j++)
				distance[i][j] = minimum(distance[i - 1][j] + 1, distance[i][j - 1] + 1,
						distance[i - 1][j - 1]
								+ ((str1.charAt(i - 1) == str2.charAt(j - 1)) ? 0 : 1));

		return distance[str1.length()][str2.length()];
	}

	public static double getCalculatedDistance(String str1, String str2)
	{
		return (double) computeLevenshteinDistance(str1, str2)
				/ (Math.max(str1.length(), str2.length()));
	}
}